Cover songs versus the original track, which ones are better?

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Hornbein said:

What sort of genius was Bach? Seriously? Crazy.
 
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pinball1970 said:
I never got Sid Vicious the Sex Pistols or punk.
I'm from Ann Arbor where punk was invented, though no one knew it at the time. So when the punk era dawned we thought it was old hat and inferior. I like the Ramones and Avril Lavigne but was glad when it was over. Today AI rules punk rock.
 
pinball1970 said:
What sort of genius was Bach? Seriously? Crazy.
I'd say this is far superior to the original pipe organ version. Pipe organ is one of my least favorite instruments. They were popular because they were the loudest instrument available, the Marshall amplifier having not yet been invented.

Notice the globe made of semiprecious stones. The early made ones were beautiful. I tried to buy one -- too late.
 




This is one of the first records I ever had at age ten. I have the whole thing memorized. I can't recall how we got it.

Alan Sherman was wildly popular, saving Warner Brothers from bankruptcy. He later went nuts. He dropped dead in his home in front of a visiting executive from Warner Brothers.
 
pinball1970 said:
I never got Sid Vicious the Sex Pistols or punk.
The best thing about punk is post-punk.
 
A.T. said:
The best thing about punk is post-punk.
I agree. In the UK we called it "New wave." Blondie, Tube way Army, Ian Dury, The Pretenders, Elvis Costello. A few others that you could stick in but probably would not have called themselves that.
 
pinball1970 said:
I agree. In the UK we called it "New wave."
"We must be new wave, they'll like us next year" as The Adverts sung in "One Chord Wonders", a (meta) punk song that explains the genre pretty well:



pinball1970 said:
Blondie, Tube way Army, Ian Dury, The Pretenders, Elvis Costello.
Many were encouraged to form bands by punk, because: "Hey if they dare to go on stage with that, then so can we". Joy Division (initially Warsaw) was formed after a Sex Pistols concert.
 
What about The Clash. Should I Stay or Should I Go
 
Point Conception said:

Hey, if we are doing parody covers here I'm gonna hit you with Weird Al.
 
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(Dec 25, 2014) alphabet aerobics when i was 10 y/o!!

Christmas Family Talent Show
First time performing it in front of people.
My dad and I changed some of the words so it was a little more appropriate for me.
I had fun learning it!

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A number that "everybody" sang.



Has there ever been a more expressive singer? She was so popular in Japan they flew her over the ocean to appear on national television.

John Coltrane also got the star treatment. What are all these people doing at the airport to greet the plane?
 
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